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HIPAA & Health Information Technology
The Parade of PHI Security Breaches: Escalating Enforcement Activity by State Attorneys General – Most Recently in Vermont
On January 18, 2011, the office of Attorney General William Sorrell of Vermont announced in a press release that it had settled a lawsuit against Health Net, Inc., involving an…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
A Reader’s Comment on the Two Large PHI Security Breaches at The University of Rochester Medical Center in 2010
The January 19, 2011, blog posting discussed two large PHI security breaches at The University of Rochester Medical Center. Subsequently knowledgeable information and clarification was received in a comment from…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
HITECH EMR Incentive Registration Opens January 3, 2011
Early EHR adopters, mark your calendars: CMS will begin accepting registration for participation in the Medicare EHR incentive program beginning January 3, 2010. CMS will post a link to the registration process…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Missing from the Parade of Large PHI Security Breaches – Advice to the Public by the Secretary of HHS on its Change in an HHS Website URL
HHS should provide notice and guidance about its change in URL address for its list of PHI security breaches involving over 499 individuals.
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HITECH’s Federal Health IT Coordinator Completes Nationwide System to Assist Doctors and Hospitals in Switching to Electronic Health Records
On September 28, 2010, David Blumenthal, M.D., National Coordinator for health information technology, announced selection of the final Regional Extension Centers (RECs), completing a national system of 62 organizations that…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
“We’re going to have to ride our bike and fix it at the same time.”
The virtual "ink" is barely dry on the July 13, 2010 final rule on Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria, but the federally chartered Health IT Policy Committee is already beginning to…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
The Ever-Lengthening Parade of PHI Security Breaches – The New Paper Chase of Four Massachusetts Community Hospitals
This blog has been reporting on the effects on providers, insurers and others of the HIPAA/HITECH statutes and regulations that require public disclosure of breaches of unsecured Protected…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Final “Meaningful Use” Criteria for EHR Subsidies Released
On July 13, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services released a pair of final regulations (one from CMS, one from the Office of National Coordinator for HIT )…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
OCR Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Implementing HITECH Act HIPAA Changes
With a press conference featuring top officials including HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius, the Office of Civil Rights rolled out a 234-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on July 8, 2010. The full…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Protected Health Information: The Diverse Parade Of Security Breaches Continues
The requirements under the HIPAA/HITECH statutes for public disclosure of security breaches of Protected Health Information (“PHI”) has brought to light a remarkably diverse parade of breaches of PHI. It…